With the average person spending over $300 each year during the 5-day period between Thanksgiving and Cyber Monday, the personal-finance website WalletHub today released its report on the Best Places to Go for Thanksgiving in 2024, along with a Thanksgiving Fun Facts infographic, to help people maximize their enjoyment while protecting their wallet.
| Top 20 Cities for Thanksgiving | ||
| 1. San Diego, CA | 11. Scottsdale, AZ | |
| 2. Atlanta, GA | 12. St. Paul, MN | |
| 3. San Francisco, CA | 13. Cincinnati, OH | |
| 4. San Jose, CA | 14. Chesapeake, VA | |
| 5. Dallas, TX | 15. Houston, TX | |
| 6. Lexington-Fayette, KY | 16. Virginia Beach, VA | |
| 7. San Antonio, TX | 17. Oklahoma City, OK | |
| 8. Las Vegas, NV | 18. Charlotte, NC | |
| 9. Louisville, KY | 19. Irving, TX | |
| 10. Orlando, FL | 20. Los Angeles, CA |
Thanksgiving Facts:
- $321 – Average person’s spending over the five-day Thanksgiving period.
- 10 Hrs. – Length of time the average American male would need to spend on the treadmill to burn the 4,500 calories consumed at the average Thanksgiving meal.
- $1.2B – Estimated amount Americans spend on Thanksgiving turkeys each year, with 46 million turkeys killed for the holiday.
- $26 Million – Amount of property loss caused by residential building fires each Thanksgiving.
- 61% – Share of people celebrating Thanksgiving who try to avoid having to talk politics at the dinner table.
Key takeaways and WalletHub commentary are included below in text and video format. Feel free to use the provided content as is or edit the raw files as you see fit.
